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ETC 1062

Engineering Drawing
Object Snap
Using Object Snap
• Object Snaps are important settings that improve
your performance and accuracy while creating a
drawing.
• They allow you to select key points of objects
while creating a drawing
• You can activate the required Object Snap by
using the Object snap shortcut menu.
• Press and hold the SHIFT key and right-click to
display this shortcut menu
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
Using Object Snap
ETC 2212
CADD Software Applications
Editing Tools in AutoCAD
Editing Tools in AutoCAD
• The Move tool
• The Copy tool
• The Rotate tool
• The Scale tool
• The Trim tool
• The Extend tool
• The Fillet tool
• The Chamfer tool
• The Mirror tool
• The Explode tool
• The Stretch tool
• The Polar Array tool
• The Offset tool
• The Path Array tool
• The Rectangular Array tool
Move Tool
• Click Home > Modify > Move on the ribbon or
enter M in the command line.
• Select the circle located at the left-side, and then
right-click to accept the selection.
• Select the center of the circle as the base point.
• Make sure that the Ortho Mode is activated.
• Move the cursor toward right and pick a point as
shown below; the circle will be moved to the new
location, as shown
Copy Tool
• The Copy tool is used to copy objects and
place them at a required location.
• This tool is similar to the Move tool, except
that object will remain at its original
position and a copy of it will be placed at
the new location
Example
• Draw a rectangle and two concentric circles of 100 mm and 150 mm diameter inside it,
as show.
Example
• Click Home > Modify > Copy on the ribbon or enter CO in the command line.
• Select the two circles, and then right-click to accept the selection.
• Select the center of the circle as the base point.
• Make sure that the Ortho Mode is active.
• Move the cursor toward right.
• Type 300 and press ENTER the selected entities get copied and placed at the defined
location, as shown.

The tool is still active and you can still place the copied entities at various locations, if
required.
• Press the Esc key to deactivate the tool.
• Alternatively, you can select Exit from the command line to deactivate the Copy tool
Example
Rotate Tool
• The Rotate tool is used to rotate an object
or a group of objects about a base point.

• To rotate objects, you need to invoke this


tool and select the objects from the drawing
window.
Rotate Tool
• Click Home > Modify > Rotate on the ribbon or enter RO in the command line.

• Select the circles/entities as shown below, and then right-click to accept the
selection.

• Select the center of the other circle as the base point, as shown
Rotate Tool
• Select the Copy option from the command line.
• Type 270 as the rotation angle and press ENTER, the selected circles will be
rotated/copied at angle 270 angle.
Scale Tool
• The Scale tool is used to change the size of objects. You can reduce or enlarge the
size without changing the shape of an object.
• To scale objects, you need to invoke this tool and select the objects from the drawing
window.
• After selecting objects, you need to specify the ‘base point’ and the scale factor.
Scale Tool
• Type 1.3 as the scale factor and press ENTER
Scale Tool
• Similarly scale the circles located at the top to 0.5.
• Click Home > Draw > Circle > Tan, Tan, Radius on the ribbon.
• Click on two circles to define the tangent points, enter 200 as radius and press
ENTER, as shown
• Similarly, create other two circles of radius 200 and 300, as shown.
Trim Tool
• When an object intersects with another object, you can remove its unwanted portion
by using the Trim tool.

• Click Home > Modify > Trim on the ribbon or enter TR in the command line.
• Now, you need to select the cutting edges.

• Press ENTER to select all the objects as the cutting edges.


• Now, you need to select the objects to be trimmed.
Trim Tool
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

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